Vanilla Engineering Leveling Guide 1-300

This Engineering leveling guide will show you the fastest way how to level your Engineering skill up from 1 to 300 as inexpensively as possible. 

Professions skills are split between expansions now, you'll have a separate skill bar for each expansion. This guide is for the "Vanilla" Engineering skill in the current retail version of World of Warcraft. I have a separate guide for Classic WoW, so if you are looking for that, visit my Classic WoW Engineering Leveling Guide.

Often the materials are based on a case that you will gain one skill point each craft. This won't happen, so you will have to buy a few extra materials while you are leveling your Engineering.

Approximate Materials Required

• 60 x Rough Stone
• 36 x Copper Bar
• 20 x Coarse Stone
• 20 x Linen Cloth
• 107 x Bronze Bar - 54 Copper Bar + 54 Tin Bar if you have Mining
• 2 x Tigerseye
• 30 x Heavy Stone
• 60 x Wool Cloth
• 15 x Medium Leather
• 4 x Steel Bar
• 120 x Solid Stone
• 161 x Mithril Bar
• 20 x Mageweave Cloth
• 40 x Dense Stone
• 195 x Thorium Bar
• 25 x Runecloth

Engineering Trainers

You can learn Engineering from one of the trainers in the main cities of old Azeroth. If you are having trouble finding the trainer just walk up to a guard in any major city and ask where the Engineering trainer is. Asking the guard will place a red marker on your map at the trainer's location.

Horde trainers:

• Roxxik in Orgrimmar.
• Engineer Palehoof in Thunder Bluff.
• Danwe in Silvermoon City.
• Franklin Lloyd in Undercity.

Alliance trainers:

• Lilliam Sparkspindle in Stormwind City
• Springspindle Fizzlegear in Ironforge.
• Tana Lentner in Darnassus.

Engineering Tools

You will need some kind of tool to craft most engineering items. These tools are:

• Blacksmith Hammer - Sold by Engineering or Blacksmith supply vendor.
• Arclight Spanner - Requires 50 skill in Vanilla Engineering to craft.
• Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor - Requires 175 skill in Vanilla Engineering to craft.

To save some bag space, I highly recommend getting a Gnomish Army Knife. It replaces all of these tools, so you only have to carry one item with you.

The Gnomish Army Knife also replaces Jeweler's Kit, Virtuoso Inking Set, Runed Copper Rod, so if you have any of these in your inventory, you can throw it out.

Where to get The Gnomish Army Knife

• You can buy the Ultimate Gnomish Army Knife from the Auction House.

• If you already learned Draenor engineering, you can craft one Ultimate Gnomish Army Knife for 5 Gearspring Parts. (Craft one Gearspring Parts for 15 x True Iron Ore, 15 x Blackrock Ore. It will actually create 8 Gearspring Parts).

• You can also craft Gnomish Army Knife if you have Northrend Engineering, but it's usually more expensive to make or buy.

Leveling Engineering

Gnome characters have +15 Engineering skill because of their passive Engineering Specialization. An extra 15 Engineering skill means recipes stay orange 15 points longer, so you can save a lot of gold by doing lower level recipes for 15 more points.

1 - 100

• 1 - 30
  60 x Rough Blasting Powder - 60 Rough Stone
  
  You might even reach 40 with this recipe. You will need the 60 Rough Blasting Powder later, so keep these.

• 30 - 50
  30 x Handful of Copper Bolts - 30 Copper Bar

  Buy a Blacksmith Hammer from an Engineering or Blacksmith supply vendor, they are usually near an Engineering or Blacksmithing trainer. (You don't need this if you already have a Gnomish Army Knife)

  You will need around 30 Handful of Copper Bolts later, so keep them.

• 50 - 75
  30 x Rough Copper Bomb - 60 Rough Blasting Powder, 30 Handful of Copper Bolts
  
  Make your Arclight Spanner between 50-70 and keep it because you will need it later. (You don't need this if you already have a Gnomish Army Knife)

• 75 - 90
  20 x Coarse Blasting Powder - 20 Coarse Stone
  
  You will need 20 of these later.

• 90 - 100
  20 x Coarse Dynamite - 20 Coarse Blasting Powder, 20 Linen Cloth

100 - 160

• 100 - 113
  13 x Clockwork Box - 39 Bronze Bar

• 113 - 125
  Use the Clockwork Box you made.

• 125 - 130
  1 x Flying Tiger Goggles - 8 Bronze Bar, 2 Tigerseye

• 130 - 150
  30 x Heavy Blasting Powder - 30 Heavy Stone
  15 x Whirring Bronze Gizmo - 30 Bronze Bar, 15 Wool Cloth

  You will need 30 Heavy Blasting Powder and 15 Whirring Bronze Gizmo later, and if you make these you should reach 150 skill points.

• 150 - 160
  15 x Bronze Framework - 30 Bronze Bar, 15 Medium Leather, 15 Wool Cloth

  Keep these too. (you will probably gain more than 10 points here)

160 - 216

• 160 - 175
  15 x Explosive Sheep - 30 Heavy Blasting Powder, 15 Whirring Bronze Gizmo, 15 Bronze Framework, 30 Wool Cloth

  Keep 5 of these, you might need it if you choose Goblin Engineering at 200.

• 175 - 176
  1 x Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor - 4 Steel Bar

  You will need this tool for some recipes. (You don't need this if you already have a Gnomish Army Knife)

• 176 - 195
  60 x Solid Blasting Powder - 120 Solid Stone

  Save these because you will need them later.

• 195 - 200
  7 x Mithril Tube - 21 Mithril Bar

  Stop making these when you reach 200, and keep 6 of these, because you might need it you choose Gnomish Engineering at 200.

Engineering has the option at skill level 200 to specialize in Gnomish or Goblin Engineering. You can get the quests from your Engineering trainer. The main difference between both sides is the location of their respective teleporters and the ability of their trinkets. Some items require a specific specialization to use, while other items are crafted by one specialization but are usable by any engineer. Fortunately, most recipes that are crafted by one Specialization can be worn by both.

• 200 - 216
  20 x Unstable Trigger - 20 Mithril Bar, 20 Mageweave Cloth, 20 Solid Blasting Powder

  You will need these later.

216 - 300

• 216 - 238
  40 x Mithril Casing - 120 Mithril Bar

  You will need these later.

• 238 - 250
  20 x Hi-Explosive Bomb - 40 Mithril Casings, 20 Unstable Trigger, 40 Solid Blasting Powder

  You will probably reach 255.

• 250 - 260
  20 x Dense Blasting Powder - 40 Dense Stone

  You might need to make more than 20 to reach 260.

• 260 - 285
  25 x Thorium Widget - 75 Thorium Bar, 25 Runecloth

  This recipe will be yellow for the last few points, so you might not reach 285. But you can just go to the next step. (you have to make a bit more from the next recipe)

• 285 - 300
  20 x Thorium Tube - 120 Thorium Bar

  This will be green for the last 3 points, so you might have to make more.

I hope you liked this Engineering leveling guide, congratulations on reaching 300!